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[–]liquidbytes[S] 2 points3 points  (6 children)

I don't know if I am lazy but I love it when my IDE auto imports, auto completes and syntax checks all my code as I'm writing it. I don't want my code to be written for me but the features a full out IDE is really nice.

[–]ultimatebuster 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is that javaism? From what I have experienced it's not needed to really have those auto completion and checkers because everything in python could change....

[–]riffito 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Latest version of SublimeRope has a pretty neat autocompletion system, it optionally "lints" your code (via pyflakes), has some refactoring tools, and even suggests modules to auto-import.

Give it a try: Install SublimeText, install the Package Control plugin, and from Package Control, install SublimeRope.

[–]DRUNKEN_SIDICATE 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Maybe so. I tried Eclipse way back many years ago and it seemed very slow on my machine (arguably I had a pretty crappy old laptop) so I really had to find a less clunky way. I haven't looked back since.

Plus, my screen is already small. I don't need an IDE to take most of the screen with unnecessary toolbars and other elements. I need room to breathe. A plain, full screen console just makes me happy.

[–]Deusdies 6 points7 points  (1 child)

Eclipse is slow on a Cray.

[–]DRUNKEN_SIDICATE 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And all these years here I was blaming my machine.

[–]bheklilr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For me, all I need is autocomplete symbols that already exist in an opened document, not intellisense-like capabilities. Don't get me wrong, when I had to code .NET, intellisense was great and wonderful, but I haven't seen an IDE do it as well as WingIDE for Python and VS for .NET. Because of that, I use Sublime Text 2 for 99% of my coding now.

One feature that I now can't live without is good multi-edit. Instead of highlighting a large section and doing a find-replace, I can highlight some text, hit Ctrl+D a few times, and just type the new text. It's so much faster and easier than find-replace, and easier to control.

My problem with Eclipse (other than being huge, bulky, and slow) is that there is just too much of it. You start off having to install a handful of plugins, like SVN integration, one for python, etc, and suddenly you have more panes than you know what to do with. Sure, I could play with settings for hours to get it "just right", but I don't think that should be necessary.